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Some Principles | 28 comments (28 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Some Principles (4.00 / 2)

Booman, please.

To whom are you speaking in this missive? What are you trying to accomplish by publishing it?

You certainly can't be trying to persuade the people you allude to to change their ways -- though you may be trying to shame them into doing so. After all, you describe them as

"blithely drop[ping] out"
"petulan[t]"
"bitching" about the rules
lacking appreciation for "the people that put their nose to the grindstone and try to push that seeming Sisyphusian rock"
"ignor[ing] the rules" as opposed to doing the work to master them
"purists"
"jokers"
and last of all, not fighters; the fighters are the ones who work within the system.

This is language calculated to insult or to discredit, not to persuade.

(To insult, if the reader is one of the people described; to discredit, if the reader is not.)

Now, I'm pretty sure that nothing I've posted here brands me as one of the people you refer to so insultingly. On that basis I say, please, stop this crap.

There is no reason to think that those who resist voting for either major party's candidate are lazier than you, care less about the country than you, or are lesser "fighters" than you.

Your final paragraph is really a beaut; I wish I had the time to work through its offensiveness entirely. Let's just be content with this: You seem to be ready, now, to work enthusiastically for a candidate who, now, is ready to endorse everything "thought police" might ask for.

Don't go painting this as a disagreement between the "naive and lazy" and the "knowledgeable fighters". It's both false and counterproductive (unless you want to promote McCain's frame).

by no3reed on Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 at 01:52:02 AM EST

Re: Some Principles (none / 0)

it is hard to express how much of what I wrote that you ignored to even begin to address what you took cognizance of.

by BooMan on Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 at 02:04:00 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Some Principles (none / 0)

It's not at all hard to address what I "took cognizance of" and you know it.

By the way, Boo: No matter what you may have heard, awkward use of prepositions does not an intellectual make.

I worry that you are quickly working yourself into a Larry Johnsonesque level of laughability. I do not want to see that happen; that is why I wrote.

It appears I was wasting my time. And compassion.

by no3reed on Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 at 02:22:00 AM EST
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Re: Some Principles (none / 0)

Stole the words right out of my mouth.

Boo, I still have great respect for you and this site--IMHO, still the place I call home.

But seriously, stop with this bullshit man. Some of us feel that it's our responsibility to show the spine that our once much heralded leader and presumptive nominee now suddenly lacks--and if that entails voting for another candidate because our conscience dictates it, that's awesome in my book.

Besides, don't worry. I think the ones who have changed their vote are in the minority. This fraud will still win.

Demand 9.11 Truth!

by DMSlaughter on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 12:09:52 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Some Principles (none / 0)

Is there anything in my post above that you actually disagree with or are you complaining about other posts and just using this thread to do it?

Serious question.

by BooMan on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 12:24:41 AM EST
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Some Principles | 28 comments (28 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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